RO Smart-Water IoT Patent Snapshot 2026
The RO Smart-Water IoT patent space is nascent, comprising 4 patent families concentrated entirely in India and held exclusively by academic or individual filers. Activity is newly emerging — zero filings were recorded before 2024 — making this an early-stage field with no dominant commercial incumbent yet established.
Highly fragmented, academia-led, with no single dominant player
The top five filers — Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, V V S Kesavarao, Sage University, Andhra University, and Vellore Institute of Technology — each hold one patent record, together accounting for 100% of the ranked applicants visible in this query’ combined total, reflecting a perfectly flat visible assignee structure with no leader holding a meaningful share advantage.
There is no tier gap: all ranked applicants are tied at one patent record each. This absence of concentration signals that no organization has yet staked a defensible IP position in the RO Smart-Water IoT space.
| # | Applicant | Patent records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering | 1 | |
| 2 | V V S Kesavarao | 1 | |
| 3 | Sage University | 1 | |
| 4 | Andhra University | 1 | |
| 5 | Vellore Institute of Technology | 1 |
The leaders’ positions imply that first-mover advantage remains open. An organization that files even a modest portfolio now could establish a clear lead before commercial players enter the field.
Because the most recent 18–24 months are subject to publication lag, the 2025–2026 filings visible here likely undercount actual recent activity; the true size of this nascent corpus may be somewhat larger than the current record indicates.
Activity emerged in 2024 and is concentrated in material analysis and water treatment branches
The filing trend and technology composition charts together show a field that did not exist in patent terms before 2024, with a technology mix spanning water-quality sensing, treatment processes, and early AI integration.
Annual filing trend
Zero filings appear from 2017 through 2023; one record each appears in 2024 and 2025, rising to two in 2026. Given publication lag affecting the most recent 18–24 months, the 2025 and 2026 bars should be treated as floor estimates rather than final counts.
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G01N (material analysis and testing) is the visible branch, present across all four patent records, followed by C02F (water and wastewater treatment) in three records. G06Q (business and admin data processing) appears in two records, while B01D (separation/filtration), E21B (well drilling), F24F (air conditioning and ventilation), G05B (control systems), and G06N (AI-based computing) each appear in one record — indicating that IoT intelligence and control layers are present but remain peripheral relative to the core sensing and treatment branches.
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Citation-heavy patent families returned by the query. Use this section as citation context, not as a curated list of the most topic-specific patents.
A system and method for smart desalination plant a…
The invention presents a novel system (100) and method (200) for smart desalination plant automation using IoT devices, aimed at enhancing efficiency and effectiveness in water treatment processes. By integrating a variety of sensors, conductivity (101), humidity (102), co2 (103), cleanliness (104), ph (105), turbidity (106), temperature (107), and flow… (excerpt from the patent abstract)
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Assignee snapshot from the current evidence set
The applicants below are visible in this query result. Because the evidence set is relatively small, read this section as a directional snapshot rather than a full competitive ranking.
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
Holds 1 patent record with a technology focus on separation processes (B01D 61), water and wastewater treatment (C02F 1 and C02F 9) — the most treatment-process-oriented profile among the ranked filers. No momentum trend is specified in the evidence beyond its presence in the corpus.
families: 1Sage University
Holds 1 patent record and is identified as a new entrant in the momentum data, meaning its filing appeared in the most recent tracking period. Its technology focus spans water treatment (C02F 1), well drilling and sampling (E21B 49), and air conditioning and ventilation (F24F 11) — a notably broader and more application-diverse profile than other filers, suggesting exploratory positioning across adjacent IoT-enabled utility domains.
families: 1Frequently asked questions
The corpus currently contains 4 patent families in scope, all filed in India and all recorded from 2024 onward. This is a very small, nascent dataset and should be interpreted as an early-stage snapshot rather than a mature landscape.
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, V V S Kesavarao, Sage University, Andhra University, and Vellore Institute of Technology each hold one patent record. No single organization holds more than one, so there is no clear leader by filing volume.
Based on the current evidence, all identified filers are Indian academic institutions or an individual inventor. No commercial company appears in the applicant ranking for this corpus.
Material analysis and testing (G01N) appears across all four patent records, making it the visible branch. Water and wastewater treatment (C02F) appears in three records, and business data processing (G06Q) in two. Control systems, AI computing, filtration, well drilling, and ventilation branches each appear in one record.
The evidence shows all four patent records filed exclusively in India. No US, European, Chinese, PCT, or other international filings appear in the current corpus, leaving global IP coverage open.
Andhra University is the only node appearing in multiple co-filing relationships. The evidence records two collaboration pairs: V V S Kesavarao with Andhra University, and Ummidi Jyothi with Andhra University, each involving one co-filed record.
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